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Thursday, April 18
Anniversaries and Holidays.- Maundy Thursday. First Day of Passover: St. Elphege, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Cinemas
King's: The Man Who Reclaim-
ed His Head."
Queen's--"Sequoia."
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World:-"The Fighting Code." Alhambra: "Ruggles
Red or Gap."
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Lectures: Mr. Wel Tat, BA, Theosophical Society, Hong Kong Club Annexe, 8 p.m.
Meetings,Annual. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.. Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Omices, roon; Deacons' Court, Hong Kong Union Church. Hall, 5.30 pm.:| Committee. H. K. Lawn Tennis Association. "S. C. M.' Post" Board Room. 5.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous-Claims against the Estate of Jue Kay Chang of Philadelphia, due; St. Andrew's Club Open Night; Whist · Drive, Civil Service Cricket Club, 8.45 p.m.
Moon. III. Moon, 16th Day. Religious. Performance of Jóha Masefield's Good Friday," St.
John's Cathedral, 9 pm: Washing of the Feet, Catholic Cathedral, 11
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Sports
Badminton"Ay Division, Elliot, Hall Rest: "B" Division, Club de Recreio v. Rest; Mixed Doubles,. Club de Recreio v. Rest (Talkoo B.C.), 8 pm.
On Flight To China
California, Apr. 16.
1935. 輝拜禮 日捌拾月肄年伍世佰玖仟登英 Price
"I WON'T BRIBE YOU"
Rattenbury Case Opens
Bournemouth. Apr. 16." The Pan-American Airlines new The hearing" of the Rattenbury giant twenty-ton four-engined case was featured by the evidence fying boat. Cupper." with. a givers by Mrs. Rattenbury" who crew of six, three thousand galsald she gave Stoner £ cheque lors of petrol and ten thousand for $50 and many smaller che- pieces of mail, hopped off at 1.51
ques. The couple. visited a num- pm GMT on a pioneer commer bei of London stores and bought. clul Callforain-Chins fight with many articles of men's wear and the first stop at Honolulu
the purchases which amounted to Thousands of people galdered
over £40 were debited to Mrs..
at the air field to hid the mem-Rattenbury's account. They stay- bers of the crew farewell - Router
RUMOURS NOT FOUNDED
Perry And The Pictures
ed at a Kensington hotel in se- parate rooms as brother and sister,
Constable-Bagwell in evidence
Baid that when he arrived the right of the tragedy Mrs. Rat- tenbury was wearing pyjamas and appeared to be under the In- fluence of drink and in addition to her other statements, said "I will give you ten pounds-no, I won't bribe you."
The constable said he found in the bathroom a man's jacket and waistcoat, Epparently recently washed, and a bloodstained collar in the dustbin. A small mallet
Los Angeles, "Apr"," 18. In view of the mour that Perry signed some sort of a con- Corporation, officia of that door. At this stage hearing was tract with Radio, Keli Orpheum was concealed behind the front Company Informed Beuter that adjourned until April 24, "authoritatively and definitely" | "Heuter.
Perry did tot ser en contrast A Reuter message recelyet on with them
Apell 11 stated Reuter,
Lawn Tennis-Open Singles, Ho WORLD'S DEAREST PIECE Ka-lau v. G. R. M. Ricketts.
Friday, April 19
Anniversaries and Holidays.— Good Friday, Primrose Day. All Public Offices Closed.
Cinemas
"Ruggles Of Red
OF PAPER
A strange story of a seaside villa tragedy was related at Bourne- mouth Police Court when an at- tractive widow, Mrs. Alma Rat- tenbury, thirty-one, and 2. nine- teen-year-old chauffeur, George Stoner, were charged with (Special Alt Mail Service)
murder of the woman's husband, London, March 30.
Francis Rattenbury, a retired ar- The rarest stamp in the world-chitect, sixty-seven years of age. the unique one cent British Gulana
tha
ments by the accused were read.
King's:-"The Man Who Reclaim when it was last sold, which was
of 1856-1s coming up for sale. Dramatic but conflicting state- ed His Head." Queen's:-"Bequola." Central:Jew Susa" Oriental:"Chained." World: "Avalanche." Alhambra: -
Gap,' Majestic:"Cradle Song." Star:The Working Man.""
Miscellaneous.-Claims against the Estate of Bakhshis Singh, late of Asiatic Petroleum Co.'s Installa. tion, due.
in Paris in 1932, it fetched £7,300:According to the prosecuting and philatelists are quite certain counsel, Alma made a statement that it will fetch more this time. that" "I was playing cards with my
Moon-Full Moon, 5.10 am. III, Moon 17 Day.
Religious. United Open Air Ber- vice of Christian Witness, opposite Alhambra Theatre, 11.30 a.m.: Adoration of the Cross Solemn Procession with Statue of the "Dead Christ," at St. Teresa's Church, 8.15 p.m.
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It was expected "that the stamp | husband and he dared me to kill would be sold next month; but it him as he wanted to die. I pick- is stated to-day that the sale mayed up a mallet and he said, 'you be postponed until October, be- i haven't the guts to do it. I ther cause there is nothing else in the hit him on the head with market sufficiently big" to draw mallet which I had outside buyers from all over the world.
In any case the stamp world goes to sleep from now until the autumn, and as the auctioneers want to pull in a good price, they will probably go to sleep "too. They'll have to wake up next month, however, for the King's Silver Jubilee stamps are going to be issued then. As yet
we have no details of them.
the
the
house. "Rats" (a familiar name for the husband) had lived too long. I will make a proper job of it, the next time, I made a proper, muddle of it."
Stoner is alleged to have said that "Mrs. Rattenbury had noth- ing to do with the affair. I did the job when I believed he was asleep and then told her."
A letter from Alma was found..
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Football First Division, Navy v. Royal Artillery (Causeway Bay Ground), 5 p.m.; Second Division, Navy v. Royal Artillery, 3.30 p.m.
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